Well, from our conversation I learned that the local HSs had completely done away with any advanced classes. No more "honors" classes, no classes where you could receive college credit for completion.
This woman has two exceptional daughters, the younger of which had already been put ahead a grade. Both of these girls ended up in the Catholic HS and she was extremely happy with the results. Both ended up being Valedictorian of their class.
Now, this is an extremely liberal woman, but her children's education was important enough to her to leave the public school system. That system lost a loyal and active member of their community because they decided that kids with high intelligence should not be given any more of a challenge than any other student.
They have to get rid of the "honors" type programs because it flys in the teeth of their prime belief that all people/cultures/choices are exactly the same. So, instead if you think that very intelligent kids should be challenged with more difficult material, believing that eventually all society will benefit from their expertise, you are a racist.
Welcome to the socialist system, welcome to Obama-world.
Most of the smart ones never made it to this country because they got away.
I am stressed, because while my bright daughter has been in Catholic school since Pre-K, we can’t afford the Catholic high school in town. We are looking at our public school options and are scared. I am thinking she might do Running Start (WA state program lets Jr’s and Sr’s do community college and get credit), as that saved me. However, I have heard they are trying to gut that, too.
I'm curious where this was. My experience has been that, even in very liberal areas (such as Montgomery County), if you have a high percentage of college-educated yuppie parents, the schools tend to be awash in advanced courses for the yuppie larva.